When three majestic bald eagles soar 30-feet over Colorado Boulevard in the 137th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day, organizers hope they not only wow the crowd, but also begin to unify a fractured nation.

America250 — the bipartisan organization established by Congress in 2016 to plan the nation’s semiquincentennial — is entering a float in the 2026 parade.

It’s not the first time the U.S. government has had a hand in America’s favorite New Year’s Day tradition. But it is, perhaps, the first time the stakes have been this high.

As we turn the corner to 2026 – the 250th anniversary year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence – we are a nation divided .

Debates over immigration, trade, gun laws, reproductive and healthcare rights and the environment, among others, expose the

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